What Smeagol Said About miku

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about miku and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking miku to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

Marginalia: infinite

infinite appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing infinite in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

A Goblin Aside Concerning codex

In the goblin underground, codex is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on miku

Goblin peer review of the miku hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.